As soon as the two entered the courtyard, they saw Ye Miaoyun come out of the house, and there was another person standing outside, whom Ye Xianya had seen just yesterday.

"Brother Chengshuo." Qi Chengyue greeted Qi Chengshuo immediately.

Qi Chengshuo nodded: "Chengyue, what brings you here?"

“Xuan’er wanted to see Uncle Jiu, so I came early this morning to invite him to the Kang Prince’s Mansion, but he refused to go no matter what. He said that he was likely to encounter bloodshed if he went out today, and insisted on staying here. I had no choice but to go and bring Xuan’er here.”

Qi Chengyue smiled and said, "The father and daughter are talking inside. Xuan'er misses Uncle Jiu so much that she might say a few more words, but she won't bother you for too long."

As Qi Chengyue spoke, he bowed to Ye Miaoyun beside him and said, "Thank you for your help, Ninth Aunt."

"I dare not accept such a compliment!" Ye Miaoyun returned the greeting and was about to pull Ye Xianya back to her room to talk, but she couldn't move her.

"Xianya, what's wrong?" Ye Miaoyun asked softly.

Ye Xianya took out a special talisman from the small cloth bag she carried with her, walked over quickly, pressed it against the wall, and formed hand seals to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the talisman.

The talisman emitted a faint light, and the voices of Qi Jiu and his daughter Qi Xuan talking could be heard.

"Your daughter greets Father. It's been a long time since I've seen you, Father. You've lost weight..."

"How could you eavesdrop on a private conversation between the father and daughter? That's hardly the behavior of a gentleman." Qi Chengyue was astonished by the talisman; he had never seen anything like it before.

However, he was a little angry about Ye Xianya's eavesdropping and rushed over to pull down the talisman pasted on the wall, but Qi Chengshuo blocked him with his hand.

Ye Xianya wouldn't pry into other people's privacy unless she was worried something might happen inside.

After all, Xianya had calculated for Uncle Jiu that he was likely to suffer a bloody disaster today.

"Brother Chengshuo, please move aside." Qi Chengyue was a little angry and was about to push Qi Chengshuo away when Qi Xuan's voice came from inside again.

"Why isn't Father saying anything? I know Father resents that my mother and I are unwilling to be exiled with you, but Father doesn't consider that my mother was raised in the Marquis's mansion and was a princess for many years, living a life of luxury. How could she endure the hardship of exile? As for me, I grew up in the palace. My grandmother doted on me like the apple of her eye. Even the princesses in the palace couldn't compare to me. How could Father bear to let me suffer?"

"Even if you wanted to go into exile with me, I couldn't bear to let you two suffer. But before I could even plead with the Emperor, one of you divorced me, and the other hurriedly became someone else's daughter. Have you ever cared about me, Qi Yanchang?"

"Father, are you blaming us?" Qi Xuan gently wiped away her tears. "Father was already a sinner back then. What good would it do to plead with the Emperor? The reason my mother was able to divorce you and I was able to become the daughter of Eighth Uncle is all thanks to Consort Yi. If Consort Yi hadn't pleaded with the Emperor, my mother and I would have had to suffer with you."

"Qi Xuan, why did you have to be the daughter of the Eighth Prince? Your grandmother and Consort Yi have been fighting for so many years, like fire and water. Don't you know that? The Eighth Prince was born to Consort Yi. Your grandmother raised you herself and loved you to the bone. Yet you became the Eighth Prince's daughter. You are truly an ingrate."

Why choose the eighth child, even if it was someone else?

Qi Jiu really couldn't accept it.

Upon hearing Qi Jiu's words, Qi Xuan's face flushed red and then turned pale with anger. She pointed at Qi Jiu, and her originally gentle voice suddenly became sharp: "Shut up! I am now a princess of noble birth, and you are just a commoner. What right do you have to criticize me? Besides, a wise man submits to circumstances. If you had listened to Consort Yi back then, you wouldn't have been exiled."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiu looked at Qi Xuan with disbelief. After a long while, he said, "It's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature. You and your mother are just as heartless. Go away, and I'll pretend I don't have a daughter like you."

"Do you think I want to be your daughter? I am already a princess of the Kang Prince's Mansion, not the daughter of a commoner like you." Qi Xuan said, sitting down on a chair to the side. When she looked at Qi Jiu, her little face was full of disdain: "If I hadn't heard from my father and mother that you married a widow, do you think I, this princess, would want to come to your shabby place?"

"Do you know how shameful you are? Even if you are a commoner, you shouldn't marry a widow. Qi Yanchang, how can you be so spineless? No wonder my mother said you are a good-for-nothing... You have disgraced both my mother and me."

"Shut up and get out!" Qi Jiu was completely enraged.

Although Qi Xuan grew up in the palace, every time he returned to the Prince's Mansion or visited her in the palace, the little girl would happily follow him. Every time he heard her call him "Daddy," Qi Jiu would be especially happy. He would do his best to satisfy his daughter's every wish.

I never imagined that all my pampering would end up being met with my daughter's disgust.

No matter what, he was her biological father, yet she humiliated him like this, treating him worse than an outsider.

A daughter like that is better off without!

"Qi Yanchang, I'm giving you three days to divorce that widow, or I'll send men to kill you all, leaving no one alive," Qi Xuan said viciously.

"Slap..." A crisp slapping sound came from the talisman.

"You dare hit me!" Qi Xuan roared in disbelief.

"I'm beating you, you unfilial and heartless brat!" Qi Jiu roared.

Qi Chengyue hurriedly pushed open the door and rushed in, trying to stop Qi Jiu from hitting Qi Xuan again, but he saw Qi Xuan pull out a dagger for self-defense and stab it fiercely into Qi Jiu's chest.

"Xuan'er, stop..." Qi Chengyue shouted.

Qi Jiu never expected that his own daughter would pull out a dagger to kill him. In a panic, he hurriedly reached out to block it, thinking that his hand would be pierced.

However, the dagger was blocked by a copper coin that was magnified several times.

Qi Xuan was furious. She reached out to push away the large copper coin blocking her way, wanting to continue stabbing Qi Jiu, but found that she couldn't push the coin away at all.

"Xuan'er, are you crazy? This is Uncle Jiu, your own father." Qi Chengyue rushed over, grabbed Qi Xuan's arm, and tried to take the dagger from her hand.

Qi Xuan's eyes turned red with anger. She suddenly turned around and brandished the dagger in her hand at Qi Chengyue a few times, shouting, "Get out of my way!"

Qi Chengyue earnestly advised, "Xuan'er, don't do anything rash. No matter what, your Ninth Uncle is still your biological father. If you really kill him, your grandfather will make you pay with your life."

Qi Xuan was taken aback upon hearing this.

Taking advantage of her momentary daze, Qi Chengshuo suddenly rushed over and kicked the dagger out of her hand.

"Ah!" Qi Xuan screamed in pain.

Qi Chengshuo was very strong, and Qi Xuan's wrist was dislocated.